Small brown leather album of cartes de visites, one tintype and a loose cabinet card. Inscription, written twice, on front pages: "Presented to Charles H. Bushong by his grandfather Henry Bushong". This album contains photographs of members of the family of Henry Bushong and his son, Gilbert Bushong, who were devout Quakers and Abolitionists who aided freedom seekers on the Underground Railroad at their farm in Bart Township, Lancaster County, during the Civil War.
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Photograph album #2. Loose photograph. Reprint of a cabinet card of an older man. Possibly George W. Etter, father of John Christian Etter.
Provenance
This collection of photographs is from the estate of Esther Etter Rebman, and is mostly of the Etter, Falk and Kriegelstein families. Some of the photographs may have belonged to her aunt, Mary Etter (b. 1897, d. 1960).
Postcard showing Witmer's Bridge over the Conestoga River east of Lancaster, built 1798. Written on back: "Torn down winter of 1932-1933 and rebuilt by state."
Page 1: Five photographs of Anna Fondersmith, daughter of Frank and Ida Fondersmith, taken at Otto E. Weber's studio, February 19, 1901; group of people on rocks by the Susquehanna River; Anna Fondersmith with group of adults, possibly parents and grandparents; Anna Fondersmith holding a doll; small circular photo of a child, possibly Anna Fondersmith.
Provenance
First of two Diffenderfer family albums. Compiled by Frank Reid Diffenderfer, a former member of LCHS and an editor of a Lancaster city newspaper. Album documents his family as well as that of his neighbors on North Duke Street, Lancaster, between 1901 and 1903. Neighbors include Charles Fondersmith, Robert Slaymaker, and his daughter, Ida, who married Frank Fondersmith.
Page 3: Man standing at well, Shank's Ferry, York County, May 15, 1901; Canal, York Furnace, May 15, 1901; Group of people sitting on a large rock, York Furnace, May 15, 1901; Canal and large building, York Furnace, May 15, 1901; Susquehanna River at York Furnace, May 15, 1901; Eurie Hotel, York Furnace, May 15, 1901.
Provenance
First of two Diffenderfer family albums. Compiled by Frank Reid Diffenderfer, a former member of LCHS and an editor of a Lancaster city newspaper. Album documents his family as well as that of his neighbors on North Duke Street, Lancaster, between 1901 and 1903. Neighbors include Charles Fondersmith, Robert Slaymaker, and his daughter, Ida, who married Frank Fondersmith.
